The Return of the Handicraft

With the development to industrialization, the production and sales of goods are gradually increasing. Handicrafts have been submerged by the trends of time. Anyway, it is possible to seem some that are not easily carried by the popular trend. Does it represent that handicraft is coming back again? From the recent reports, there is much news about the reopen of many small artisanal workshops, especially in Italy. It is universally known that folk craft has great importance for Italy. But because of the fast progress of industrialization, people become impatient and always want to get the desired goods in the shortest time, and also gradually reduce quality requirements. This kind of development results in the fact that a growing number of traditional craftsmen lose their jobs due to customer loss. The meaning of Bottega refers to shops usually appear in public street, specially selling their goods produced in their own workshops. When in the 16th century, little boys often went to Bottega to be apprentice; they followed and learned from those skilled masters to discover whether they have some innate artistic ability. Like Giotto, Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, these master level characters all had been as apprentices. The handicraft works they created are placed in the most prominent shop winter to display, conveying the charm of manual work and boundless creativity. At that time, any detail was made by hand, even for those cheap charms and cheap wholesale beads. Maybe this kind of craft is become fewer and fewer, so nowadays, handicraft works become more and more expensive and precious.Once, bottega was defined as any shops that sell goods, even if they had nothing with arts and crafts. But now, manual craft finally returns, especially those shops with their façade as well as artisanal workshops, selling specialized hand-tailored clothing and goods. It is reported that Lombardy’s artificial craft is very thriving. In the last year alone the total number of tailor shops has increased by about 10%. Because of the growing employment crisis, many young people are faced with the increasing employment pressure so as to promote job creation through self-employment opportunities. Similarly, there are middle-aged men frustrated with the current situation; this is the reason why handicraft is so flourished in Lombardy. Of course, prosperity not only refers to tailors, as well as goldsmiths, carpenters and emerging photographers. In the present era with prosperous industrial development, the small craft might seem a bit weird. But these small workshops are the place of dream, with them; people could buy high-quality goods at a low cost. They are gradually getting more attention though the power of network. In addition, many artists from abroad also take their own unique culture and traditions to Italy to show their ability and also achieve personal independence. In any case, it is inspiring to see those people who do not easily drift with the tide and have their independent ideas. They are willing to risk in order to find their true cause, and ultimately, show themselves and achieve their own value.